Adoption news
Keep up to date with all the latest developments in adoption.
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Coram hosts Q&A with Education Secretary for National Adoption Week
As part of National Adoption Week (12-18 October), Coram’s CEO, Dr Carol Homden, met with the Education Secretary, Gavin Williamson, for a Q&A on the government's ambitions for adoption.
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Black children wait longer for adoption than any other ethnic group
Black children wait longer for an adoptive family than any other ethnic group, according to statistics released this National Adoption Week (12-18 October).
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Coram leads call for more adopters in National Adoption Week 2020
As National Adoption Week 2020 gets under way, Coram, the oldest children's charity in the UK, is supporting a range of initiatives designed to raise understanding of the adoption process, and encourage more families from a diverse range of backgrounds to come forward as prospective adopters.
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Black Lives Matter: Our pledge to tackle racism
Coram has a long and successful history of finding families for children from a wide range of ethnic backgrounds. However, Black Lives Matter has caused us to pause and reflect and challenge ourselves to do more.
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CoramBAAF celebrates 40 years shaping adoption and fostering policy
CoramBAAF is today celebrating 40 years since its formation in 1980 with a virtual event for members that will hear key speakers consider how the children’s sector has evolved over the last 40 years, with contributors including ADCS president Jenny Coles, CoramBAAF’s director of policy, research and development Dr John Simmonds, and University of East Anglia professor of social work Elsbeth Neil.
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Coram reports 24% rise in adoption enquiries despite the pandemic, but more families needed to meet demand
Coram Ambitious for Adoption has reported a big rise in enquiries from prospective adopters over the past six months despite the disruption resulting from the pandemic and lockdown measures.
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Coram experts highlight need to support children's mental health as schools return
The mental health and wellbeing of children should be prioritised as the nation's children children return to school after months of lockdown, say Coram's experts.
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A year of achievement for Coram set out in the 2019/20 Digest
The Coram Group has today published its Digest 2019/20, setting out how it has made a difference in the lives of hundreds of thousands of children, young people and families over the last 12 months.
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Coram, Black Lives Matter and Equality
The death of George Floyd has been a shocking reminder of how much things still need to change not only in the United States but here in the UK too. Combined as it is with the disproportionate impact the COVID-19 virus is having on some communities, it is a wake-up call to us all.
